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Aliens, Lost in Space.
Man is absolutely not the crown of creation: every creature stands beside him at the same stage of perfection. … And even in asserting that we assert too much: man is, relatively speaking, the most unsuccessful animal, the sickliest, the … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, human evolution, space
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Onward, Christian Soldiers!
For those who have argued that oil was the only key driver for the disastrous Bush plan to secure Iraq for the US, I suggest there may have been another strong motive to proceed with this dumb idea, from an … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Gospel, Christian Soldiers, George Bush, invasion, Iraq, marketing theology, oil, Religious Right
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Religious Beliefs
Although beliefs can and do support each other, they cannot justify each other as at some point a belief must be anchored to reality in order for a belief structure to have any merit at all. Take religious beliefs for … Continue reading
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Escape from Entropy?
The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of any thermodynamically isolated system not at thermodynamic equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value, at which point the universe – as we know it – … Continue reading
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Tagged Entropy, evolution, Thermodynamics
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Existentialism Revisited
In Macbeth William Shakespeare reveals himself to be somewhat of an early Existentialist, when Lady Macbeth kills herself, and Macbeth reacts as follows: Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage … Continue reading
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Tagged absurdism, Albert Camus, Existence, existentialism, fate, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, life, meaning, Paul Tillich, purpose of life, Walter Kaufmann
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